research

Last week I was a speaker at the Boston Fundraising Summit, sponsored by the Center for Nonprofit Success. My session was focused on how to conduct successful research in the search for funders. Here is a listing of resources I prepared for the summit that may be helpful in your own work. Good luck!
Provided Free of Charge:
Guidestar (www.guidestar.org) - obtain IRS 990 forms for every nonprofit, including foundations; also lists board members
Grants Management Associates (www.grantsmanagement.com) - manages many local foundations and provides application guidelines
Bank of America Philanthropic Services (www.bankofamerica.com/philanthropic/grantmaking.action) - provides a searchable database of about 70 foundations for whom Bank of America is the trustee, co-trustee or agent.
Philanthropy News Digest (www.foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/) - sends weekly updates on new RFP's and has a searchable online database of RFP's
Association of Small Foundations (www.smallfoundations.org) - has a list of members organized by state, many with direct links to the foundation website.
Council on Foundations (www.cof.org) - has many useful links to databases and resources available online for grantseekers.
Cooperating Collections (http://foundationcenter.org/collections/) - free funding information centers in libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers that provide materials and services in areas useful to grantseekers, such as access to Foundation Center's Directory.

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ABSTRACT

The attached paper seeks to determine the critical factors that influence the adoption and effective use of technologies within the nonprofit sector. The analysis places a particular emphasis on the role of funders who finance technology adoption and intermediaries who play the role of catalysts, enablers, and educators in the implementation of and subsequent innovation with technology.